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VF Corp spins out jeans businesses, Lee and Wrangler
GREENSBORO – US apparel giant VF Corporation has announced it will spin off its Lee and Wrangler jeans businesses into
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Fibre scoring tools misleading consumers, claim researchers
OSLO – Current tools used to score textile fibres on sustainability are misleading consumers as they fail to account for
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Higg MSI aims to incorporate microfibre pollution scoring
SAN FRANCISCO – The Sustainable Apparel Coalition wants to incorporate a weighting for microfibre pollution into its Higg Material Sustainability
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Australian drought could hit wool supply and prices
NEW SOUTH WALES – The ongoing drought in wool growing regions of Australia could hit supply and prices, according to
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Child labour concerns return for Turkmenistan cotton
ASHGABAT – Apparel brands are being urged not to source cotton from Turkmenistan amid fresh reports that children were mobilised
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Recycled polyester capacity expands in India
NASHIK – One of the world’s leading recycled polyester businesses says plans to expand production capacity at its Indian plant
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Apparel sector can play “key role” on climate change
WASHINGTON – The global apparel sector can play a key role in cutting global warming and meeting the aims of
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Esprit signs union agreement to boost worker rights
HONG KONG – Global fashion retailer Esprit has signed a global framework agreement with IndustriALL Global Union to boost rights
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Stella McCartney evasive on unsold stock issue
LONDON – Stella McCartney has become the latest brand to decline to answer legitimate and relavent questions about what it
Lenzing invests €30m in luxury yarn line
24th May 2018
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LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing, has announced a massive expansion
New fibres derived from coconut by-products
24th May 2018
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PERTH – An Australian tech business this week launched the first plant-free viscose-rayon fibres at an industry conference in Vancouver. Nanollose has set up a
Calotropis procera plant fibres set for production
24th May 2018
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KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are likely to hit shops before
Unions, government discuss fair wages in Ethiopia
24th May 2018
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ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s rapidly developing textile sector. Among
